Dictionary

latticework en · NOUN

Etymology

From lattice + -work.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
   • Because Flock cameras are all connected, the result is a nationwide latticework of recorded activity. 2026 July 30, T.M. Brown, “Flock cameras are getting mobbed”, in CNN, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2026:
   • On the former North Eastern Railway the signalling methods followed for many years resulted in a great number of structures being provided, all of substantial design, with tall latticework posts and sometimes duplicate arms below. 1952 February, “New Type of Signal Bridge Near Sunderland”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:
   • A vine-like latticework of stars frosted the southern sky, and with his eyes he interlinked these spangled vines till he could trace many ice-white resemblances ... 1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1:
   • Decorative arches intersect the graceful latticework of the expansive ridge and furrow trainshed rooves, woven together by a staggering tessellation of 48,000 glass panels. 2023 October 18, Nick Brodrick, “The grand gateway to Glasgow”, in RAIL, number 994, page 32:

Forms

Translations (9)

ota شبكه (a lattice structure) · ota قفس (a lattice structure) · ca gelosia (a lattice structure) · la transenna (a lattice structure) · mi harapaki (a lattice structure) · fi ristikko (a lattice structure) · nl latwerk (a lattice structure) · de Lattenwerk (a lattice structure) · tft trali (a lattice structure)